Samuel Holt

For other people named Sam Holt, see Sam Holt (disambiguation).

Samuel Holt
Holt in 1927
Teachta Dála
In office March 1925 – 18 April 1929
Constituency	Leitrim–Sligo
Personal details
Born	(1880-09-03)3 September 1880 Coole, County Westmeath, Ireland
Died	18 April 1929(1929-04-18) (aged 48) Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse	Honoria Devaney

Samuel Edward Holt (3 September 1880 – 18 April 1929) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

Early life

Holt was born in Coole, County Westmeath, in 1880, the fifth child of a family of ten of David Holt, from Killina, Carbury, County Kildare, a constable in the Royal Irish Constabulary, and Agnes McColl.^[1] The family, which was Church of Ireland, later moved to Charlestown /Jamestown County Roscommon and then into Carrick On Shannon town, County Leitrim.^[2] In 1910, Holt married Honoria Devaney, from Toomore, Boher, County Roscommon in Longford Cathedral.^[3]

He was assistant clerk and later clerk of Carrick-on-Shannon Poor Law Union and Rural District Council.

Political career

Holt was member of the 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Western Division of the Irish Republican Army, he was arrested in May 1916 and sentenced to death, which was reprieved and sentenced to Frongoch internment camp. He was also interned in Ballykinlar camp during the Irish War of Independence. He was Sinn Féin director of elections in County Roscommon for George Noble Plunkett and also in the 1923 Irish general election.^[4]

He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) for the Leitrim–Sligo constituency at the 1925 by-election on 11 March caused by the resignation of Thomas Carter of Cumann na nGaedheal.^[5] He was re-elected at the June 1927 and September 1927 general elections as a Fianna Fáil TD.^[6] He died during the 6th Dáil in 1929. The by-election caused by his death was held on 7 June 1929 and was won by Seán Mac Eoin of Cumann na nGaedhael.

Death

Holt died in Dublin on 18 April 1929 of a fever,^[7] less than a fortnight after the death of a daughter, Doreen, who was aged seven, also of a fever. He is buried in Jamestown cemetery.

References

1. "General Registrar's Office". IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
2. "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901". www.census.nationalarchives.ie. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
3. "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". www.census.nationalarchives.ie. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
4. "Mr Samuel Holt". Irish Independent. 19 April 1929. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013.
5. "Samuel Holt". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
6. "Samuel Holt". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
7. "General Registrar's Office". IrishGenealogy.ie. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2017.